Not actually part of the story, but the author has posted a description of the politics of the situation in Mother of Learning.
https://motheroflearninguniverse.wordpre...ia-part-1/
It's very interesting and the situation is . . . unstable. And likely to make Zach and Zorian's lives more interesting than they're likely to hope.
https://motheroflearninguniverse.wordpre...ia-part-1/
It's very interesting and the situation is . . . unstable. And likely to make Zach and Zorian's lives more interesting than they're likely to hope.